Beast Taming Immortal Clan

Chapter 402 Luring the Dragon Out of its Cave, Seizing Treasure from its Nest [Please Subscribe]

Lin Hongyu has emerged from seclusion!

Zhou Chun was overjoyed when he heard Zhou Daoyi's words.

Lin Hongyu had previously stated that she was going into seclusion to cultivate a life-saving escape technique.

Now that she has emerged from seclusion, it means she has mastered the art of escape and can now help seize the Thousand-Year Dragon Transformation Grass.

How could Zhou Chun not be overjoyed?

You should know that Zhou Chun had been waiting for this day for a very long time.

However, as the moment approached, he became somewhat uneasy and couldn't help but ask in a low voice, "Now that Senior Lin has emerged from seclusion, can we begin that matter?"

"Haha, it's rare to see you like this, Zhengchun. It seems you care about your pet just as much as you care about your own cultivation."

Zhou Daoyi laughed and nodded immediately, saying, "Of course. If Hongyu hadn't already made preparations, why would I have come to find you?"

"It was my fault for being so attached to appearances. I will go and explain to the Supreme Elder."

Zhou Chun smiled awkwardly and immediately went to find Zhou Mingde to explain the matter.

Helping Zhou Chun's spirit pet, the Silver Lightning Python, transform into a dragon was a major event that the Zhou family had planned long ago.

Now that Lin Hongyu, the key figure, is ready, there will naturally be no problem on Zhou Mingde's side.

So he immediately went with Zhou Chun to the Caiyu Mountain stronghold in the wilderness, leaving Zhou Daoyi to guard Tuyun Ridge.

This was a pre-arranged plan. When plotting to seize a fourth-tier dragon's nest, Zhou Daoyi's Azure Dragon was not only not an aid, but rather a source of hatred, easily igniting an irreconcilable feud between the fourth-tier dragon and the Zhou family.

Therefore, Zhou Daoyi cannot participate in this important event.

By the time Zhou Mingde and Zhou Chun arrived at Tuyunling, Lin Hongyu had already made all the necessary preparations.

Before they officially set off, Zhou Mingde suddenly took out something and handed it to Lin Hongyu, saying, "Fellow Daoist Lin, please take this spirit crystal. If you get lost in the wilderness, this will be of great help to you!"

"Oh, the Zhou family has such good stuff."

Lin Hongyu's eyes lit up, and she quickly took the spirit crystal to examine it.

For a Golden Core cultivator like her, there aren't many things that are truly useful, but spirit crystals are definitely one of them.

A spirit crystal that can replenish a large amount of mana during wilderness exploration can often enable a Golden Core cultivator to accomplish things that would otherwise be impossible, or even save their own life.

Zhou Mingde once obtained three spirit crystals from the relics of Han Yuan, a Golden Core stage insect cultivator.

These three spirit crystals, although not as large as the ones he used during the Southern Expedition, are still about half the size. Once one of them is filled with spiritual power, it is enough to restore most of the mana of a Golden Core cultivator like Lin Hongyu.

After examining the spirit crystal for a while, Lin Hongyu nodded in satisfaction and said, "It really is a spirit crystal. With this in hand, I'm even more confident this time!"

Then he flipped his palm and put it into his storage bag.

This spirit crystal was clearly a gift from the Zhou family to her during this operation, a way of thanking her for her willingness to risk her life for the Zhou family.

She knew all this in her heart, so she accepted it without any guilt.

The fact that he gave her such a treasure as the spirit crystal before leaving was obviously to enable her to do her best to hold off the fourth-order dragon and create an opportunity for Zhou Chun and the others to seize the millennium dragon grass.

With everything prepared, Zhou Daoquan was left to oversee the Caiyu Mountain outpost to provide support, and the three of them immediately headed towards the dragon's lair that Lu Ran had led Zhou Chun and the others to before.

Several hours later, the three of them stopped in the aquatic forest, a hundred miles away from the dragon's nest.

Zhou Mingde then pointed ahead and said, "It's right there. Fellow Daoist Lin, if you go there, you should be able to lure the dragon out. At that time, you just need to leave a mark to guide us, and then lead the dragon away!"

"Alright, but you must also be careful. There are bound to be servants that the dragon has subdued guarding its lair. You won't be able to obtain the Thousand-Year Dragon Transformation Grass so easily!"

Lin Hongyu nodded gently and gave the two some instructions.

"Don't worry, Senior Lin, we were prepared for this. You just need to hold off that dragon!"

Zhou Chun said with a firm look in her eyes.

After this brief exchange, Lin Hongyu immediately fled towards the direction of the dragon's lair.

Just as Zhou Mingde said, although she did not intentionally release her aura to provoke, she was still sensed by the dragon after entering the area within dozens of miles of the dragon's nest.

Unfortunately, the dragon was very cunning. After sensing Lin Hongyu's presence, it did not directly reveal itself to drive her away, but instead quietly slipped out of its dragon nest to prepare to ambush her.

If she hadn't come prepared, kept her divine sense on high alert, and wasn't naturally sensitive to the aura of the dragon, she might have actually fallen into its trap.

Suddenly, a burst of intense fire erupted from the bottom of the water, and a black dragon more than twenty feet long revealed its true form in the water.

It's a mid-grade fourth-tier black dragon!

Lin Hongyu's heart tightened, and she hurriedly pretended to be panicked and fled towards the water.

Although the black dragon was surprised that she had discovered its sneak attack in advance, it was even more furious at her attack and immediately roared as it gave chase.

The water was the Black Dragon's home ground, especially since its cultivation level was higher than Lin Hongyu's.

In just a few hundred feet from the bottom to the surface, Lin Hongyu was attacked several times and almost failed to break through the water.

Even after escaping to the surface of the water with minor injuries, the black dragon still did not give up the pursuit.

This is Dragon Abyss Marsh, the direct territory of the Flood Dragon Clan. Fighting here, the Black Flood Dragon has nothing to fear.

Even though Lin Hongyu had companions to help her, it was not afraid at all.

Just after the Black Dragon chased Lin Hongyu away, Zhou Chun and Zhou Mingde quickly rushed from the bottom of the water towards the Black Dragon's lair.

Lin Hongyu had already marked the approximate location of the dragon's nest; they just needed to follow the markings.

Time was of the essence, so the two rushed to the vicinity of the dragon's lair as quickly as possible and soon discovered it using their divine senses.

Just as Lu Ran said, there were many hundreds of years old dragon-transforming grasses and many dragon blood spirit herbs growing outside that deep nest alone.

However, these spiritual items, which Zhou Chun would normally snatch up, were now completely ignored by him and Zhou Mingde.

The two activated their defensive magical artifacts to protect themselves before rushing directly into the deep, dark lair.

This dragon's lair is an underwater cave that opens directly to the sky. The space inside is very large and very dark.

As soon as Zhou Chun and his companion entered, they sensed several other auras besides the residual aura of the black dragon.

Clearly, as Lin Hongyu said, the dragon's lair was guarded by its subjugated henchmen and servants.

"One high-grade third-tier demonic beast and two mid-grade third-tier demonic beasts. Don't waste time with them!"

Zhou Mingde quickly determined the rank of the monsters inside, and then decisively used a talisman to attack the third-rank high-grade monster.

The talisman he used also came from Qinglian Temple. It was a reward for the Zhou family for presenting the prescription for eradicating the "Thousand-Extinction Ant Cricket" and was a fire-attribute flying sword talisman.

With his mid-stage Purple Mansion cultivation, activating the talisman was more than enough to pose a fatal threat to a third-tier high-grade demon beast.

Therefore, as soon as the aura of the talisman was released, the third-tier high-grade demonic beast, the dragon-scaled black fish, immediately focused all its attention on defending against the talisman's attack.

At the same time, Zhou Chun also brought out the "Golden Light Bowl" talisman that the abbot of Qingwei Temple had bestowed upon him.

Once activated, the talisman instantly formed a golden bowl that was placed upside down on his head, releasing a rich golden light that protected him.

The spells cast by the other two mid-grade third-tier demonic beasts only caused the golden light to sway slightly.

Zhou Chun didn't bother with the two demonic beasts and instead charged straight into the depths of the dragon's lair.

This move immediately attracted the full attention of the two mid-grade third-tier demonic beasts, who hurriedly appeared and did their best to intercept Zhou Chun.

These two mid-grade third-tier demonic beasts are a black dragon turtle with a single horn and a unicorn python with a single horn, just like Bai Bai.

Seeing that their innate spells were useless against Zhou Chun, the two demonic beasts simply rammed their massive bodies into him, attempting to stop him from advancing.

But Zhou Chun would never let them have their way.

Zhou Chun raised his hand and patted the storage bag at his waist, releasing four nearly mature "Heavenly Frost Frost Bees". They then breathed out white "Heavenly Frost Frost" towards the two demonic beasts in pairs.

Instantly, wherever the four streams of cold air passed, four white ice chains appeared directly in the water.

After being struck by the cold air, the two demonic beasts' massive bodies were quickly frozen solid.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Zhou Chun collected the four "Frostbees" and quickly flew past the two frozen monsters, plunging into the depths of the dragon's nest.

Deep within the dragon's lair lies a spiritual eye of a water vein, from which gushes forth water containing wisps of malevolent energy.

The Kui Water Evil Qi is an extremely pure water-attribute spiritual power. However, its nature is too heavy and its destructive power is too great, making it unsuitable for improving magical power. But it is very suitable for tempering the physical body and enhancing the power of magical artifacts and treasures.

The reason why the black dragon made its nest in this place not far from the mainland is because it was attracted by the existence of the Kui Water evil energy. It usually stays here to absorb the Kui Water evil energy to temper its dragon body.

For a pure water-attribute dragon like the Black Flood Dragon, the stronger its dragon body is tempered, the more its bloodline will be passively tempered and purified. Over time, its cultivation speed will naturally increase, and the probability of breaking through to the fifth rank in the future will also increase slightly.

Therefore, he certainly wouldn't leave such a precious place easily before breaking through to the fifth rank.

It is precisely because this black dragon has been entrenched here for many years and is nourished by the evil energy of the sunflower water that there are so many dragon blood spirits near this dragon's nest, and they are so old.

In the area surrounding the Water Vein Spirit Eye, Zhou Chun immediately spotted several thousand-year-old Dragon Transformation Grasses, as well as the dragon scales, dragon teeth, and other rare treasures dropped by the black dragon.

His expression revealed a special barrier or restriction in a certain corner, indicating that there might be more treasures hidden there.

Seeing this scene, Zhou Chun couldn't help but exclaim, "This is truly a dragon's nest!"

He had no doubt that if he could take everything from the dragon's lair, his wealth would surpass that of many Golden Core cultivators.

But if he did that, he would probably be targeted by that black dragon and hunted down relentlessly.

So after a moment of shock, he quickly suppressed his greed and did not touch those seemingly precious treasures. He simply picked three thousand-year-old dragon grasses and left two for the black dragon.

For the black dragon, the Thousand-Year Dragon Transformation Grass was probably the least valuable thing, because it was completely useless to it and was only something to reward its henchmen and servants.

Perhaps some will also be handed over to the elders of the Jiaolong clan for the purpose of training new Jiaolong.

In short, the two plants Zhou Chun left behind should be more than enough for the Black Dragon.

As for the other items, Zhou Chun glanced at them but didn't pick up the dragon scales and teeth that the black dragon had shed, nor did he touch the precious-looking pearls and gems. He only took a black ore the size of a millstone, a black tortoise shell, and a blue horn.

He had originally wanted to see if he could pick up any other spiritual objects that wouldn't further provoke the black dragon, but at that moment, the frozen tortoise and python, both injured, charged over, leaving him no time to choose.

Having already achieved his minimum goal, Zhou Chun didn't want to be trapped in the dragon's lair by the returning black dragon due to momentary greed.

After all, no one knew how long Lin Hongyu could hold off that black dragon.

"Get out of here!"

With a low shout, Zhou Chun's mind stirred, and a golden light surged from the "Golden Light Bowl" above his head, sweeping forward.

In an instant, the black dragon turtle that had blocked his retreat with its massive size was swept away.

However, this beast had thick skin and flesh, with even its belly covered in hard dragon scales, so it wasn't seriously injured.

Zhou Chun didn't want to get entangled with these beasts, so he used the power of his talisman to blast them away and then quickly broke through to the outside.

At the same time, he didn't forget to send a telepathic message to Zhou Mingde: "Elder, we have the item. We can leave now!"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Mingde immediately replied, "Alright, Zhengchun, you don't need to worry about me. Let's just return to Caiyu Mountain and meet up!"

It is always safer to escape separately than to escape together.

At least even if someone is caught, they won't all be captured.

So after receiving his reply, Zhou Chun didn't linger and immediately rushed out.

Perhaps knowing that Zhou Chun had already stolen the treasures from the dragon's nest, the tortoise and python behind him only chased after him relentlessly and did not go to help the black-scaled dragon fish.

So not long after Zhou Chun rushed out of the underground cave, Zhou Mingde also escaped.

Interestingly, after they came out, the two of them, as if by telepathy, plucked a large handful of the hundreds-of-years-old dragon-transforming grass outside.

This kind of dragon-transforming grass, which is hundreds of years old, is certainly not enough to transform a dragon-born monster into a dragon, but it is still of great help to some low-level monsters evolve into mid-level monsters.

The Zhou family has now tamed a large number of dragon-born demon beasts. Once these dragon-transformation herbs are bestowed upon them, they will surely be able to cultivate many intermediate-level demon beasts.

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